An event marking the first International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations was held on Tuesday at the Chinese Cultural Center in Mongolia's capital of Ulan Bator.
The event aimed to build a bridge of good neighborliness and friendship between China and Mongolia through music and promote in-depth exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture and education between the two countries.
Fifteen performers from Mongolia participated in the event. Participants demonstrated their Chinese language skills and talents by singing Chinese songs.
After fierce competition, contestants Erdenetsog Mendbayar and Wu Ningjing won the championship with the theme song medley of the classic Chinese film and television drama "My Fair Princess" and "Daybreak" respectively.
"When the contestants sang Chinese songs in the Chinese language, every word was a fusion of culture, and every melody was a seed of friendship", said Li Zhi, counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Ulan Bator.
He emphasized in his speech that China and Mongolia used music as a medium and singing as a bridge, which was a vivid practice of the global civilization initiative, using art to convey common values, melody to promote people-to-people exchanges, and innovation to promote civilization inheritance.
